GHOST TOWN USA’s
Ghost Town
Listings
The United States alone plays host to well over 50,000 ghost towns, near ghost towns,
semi-ghost towns, and tiny backwater burgs that have faded greatly from their
peak times. Whether they are former mining camps/towns, stagecoach stops,
military posts, agricultural hamlets, roadside way stations, railroad
boomtowns, or eastern colonial settlements they all have a common thread. They
were founded by a group of industrious citizens, they boomed, and when the
flush times passed, they faded and began to die. Some disappeared completely,
while some still have remaining buildings. Others still have a small resident
population keeping a watch over things. Some may be located way out in the boonies, and others right in the heart of modern towns and
cities. Our files contain multiple
thousands of ghost towns more than what is listed on these pages, including
places outside the United States.
My Ghost Town USA
column, which has appeared in Western
& Eastern Treasures magazine since 1984, has featured well over
3800 ghost towns from all the states.
Canada and other international locations have also been featured. A comprehensive, alphabetic site-name,
state-by-state Index
for those articles is now available online on this website. It has been completed from the first column
in April 1984, through the current column.
It also features other locations mentioned in my miscellaneous articles
for the magazine, and has nearly been completed for my contributions for the Silver
& Gold special annual issues.
A GPS-Index
is also in process of being compiled for those same locations. That particular index, rather than being an
alphabetic-by-state listing like the article index, is being presented in a
tabular form issue-by-issue. Each table
gives the site name (county/state), elevation, standard GPS
(Latitude/Longitude) coordinates, and the standard Public Land Survey System of
the United States (Section/Township/Range) data - where applicable. Please note that in some states, especially
in the east, the later system was never implemented, therefore is not
used. Those states include: Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia,
Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New York, North Carolina, Ohio (parts), Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington DC, West Virginia
Wherever they are located, and whatever remains at the site, they
are still of interest to the followers of Ghost
Town USA! When you
are out exploring, always remember how fragile these rickety relics of
Americana are. Always treat them with respect and please abide by the Ghost
Towner's Code of Ethics. In that way they may last a
little longer and be available for someone else (or YOU!) to visit next year.
To sample what America's ghost towns are all about, visit our Ghost Town of the
Month.
PAST Ghost Towns of the Month are also linked in the appropriate
locations, so you can also revisit and explore some of the places we’ve already
visited.
Walking hand-in-hand with ghost towns are many tales of lost treasure. If you
enjoy reading about these legendary stories of lost riches, visit one of Ghost
Town USA's Treasure Legends. You'll be glad you did.
Visit our page explaining the various types or categories that
ghost towns can be classified
under, and
also the Definitions
page, explaining some of the terms used in Ghost Towning.
We hope this brief introduction to America’s ghost towns will whet
your appetite and push a casual interest into a full-blown passion. If you are already passionate about ghost
towns, dig deep. There is a lot here to
explore!
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STATE-by-STATE
GHOST
TOWN LISTINGS
Alabama * Alaska * Arizona * Arkansas * California * Colorado * Connecticut * Delaware * Florida * Georgia * Hawai’i * Idaho * Illinois * Indiana * Iowa * Kansas * Kentucky *
Louisiana * Maine * Maryland * Massachusetts
* Michigan * Minnesota * Mississippi * Missouri * Montana * Nebraska * Nevada * New Hampshire
* New Jersey * New Mexico * New York * North Carolina
* North Dakota
* Ohio * Oklahoma * Oregon * Pennsylvania
* Rhode Island
* South Carolina
* South Dakota
* Tennessee * Texas * Utah * Vermont * Virginia * Washington * West Virginia * Wisconsin * Wyoming * Washington
D.C. (Coming
Soon!)
OUTSIDE THE
*
Australia * Canada * Great Britain
* New Zealand *
Please note. This site is in process
of constant construction and remodeling.
If you have any ideas for improvement, or know of any locations not
listed that you'd like to see listed, please let us know. I will give you credit for any information
you give me that I post, unless you request to not be mentioned.
For a more comprehensive listing
of ghost towns in each state, The Ghost Town Guru is putting together guides to
the ghost towns of each state. These
extensive listings expand greatly on what is shown on web pages listed below.
Also visit: Ghost Town USA’s
Home Page | Site Map |
Ghost Town Listings
| On-the-Road
Again | Photo Gallery
| Treasure
Legends
CURRENT Ghost Town of the
Month | PAST
Ghost
Towns of the Month
Ghost Towner's
Code of Ethics
| Publications | Genealogy
Pages | License Plate
Collecting
A few LINKS to outside webpages:
Ghost
Towns | Treasure
Hunting | License
Plate Collecting
| Genealogy
E-mail Ghost Town USA
E-mailers, PLEASE NOTE:
Due to the tremendous amount of viruses,
worms and “spam,” out there, I no longer open any e-mails on which the subject
lines have “Hey”, “Hi”, “Need help”, “Help Please,” only question marks, or
blank subject lines, etc.
If you do send an E-mail asking for
information, or sharing information, PLEASE indicate
the appropriate ghost town AND state name,
or other topic on the “subject” line.
Thank You.
GBS.
LAST UPDATED: January
01, 2017
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